Vita

Matthias Koziorowski, born 27.06.1986 Essen, profession: Tenor

Career

Matthias Koziorowski is from Essen, where he studied with Prof. KS Wolfgang Millgramm at the Folkwang University of the Arts. Furthermore, he had the opportunity to round off his musical training by attending master classes with Helen Donath, Janet Williams, Olaf Bär, Anja Harteros and Andreas Homoki. He is currently coached by Prof. Susanne Schimmack.

From the 2021-22 season on Mr. Koziorowski became a permanent resident member of the company of the Oper Graz and will debut with three big roles of his voice category. He will be heard as Babinsky in Weinbergers “Švanda Dudák“, as Juan Damigo in Dostals Operetta “Clivia” and he will furthermore sing the Role of “Peter” in the Austrian Debut Premiere of “Morgen und Abend” by the composer Georg Friedrich Haas. Future plans in Graz include a role debut as Hans (The Bartered Bride) and a staged production of Britten’s War Requiem. He is also returning to the Halle Opera as a guest in the current season, singing the Officer, the male leading role, in Reimann’s “Ein Traumspiel”.

From 2018 until 2021 he has been a member of the company of the Halle Opera House where he was able to make his debut with numerous leading roles. There he could have been heard as Max (Der Freischütz), The Prince (Rusalka), Alfredo (La Traviata), Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Stewa (Jenufa), Melot (Tristan and Isolde), Vasco da Gama (L’Africaine) and Guido Bardi (Eine florentinische Tragödie) directed by Tobias Kratzer. Besides he sang Sou-Chong (The Land of Smiles) as well as Fritz (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein) and Candide. As a further debut he was also able to work out the Erik in Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman”, but the planned performances were unfortunately cancelled at short notice due to the pandemic.

In the 2019-20 season he has been a guest to sing Grigory/Dimitrij (Boris Godunov) at the Mainz State Theatre as well as Vasco da Gama (L’Africaine) at the Theater Lübeck and as soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Philharmonie Essen and the Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv. In addition, he performed Verdi’s Requiem in Düsseldorf, traveled to Sochi to sing gala concerts and gave his debut at Cologne’s Philharmonic Hall with an operetta gala for Jacques Offenbach’s 200th birthday.

From 2015 to 2018 the young tenor was a member of the ensemble of the Mecklenburg State Theatre Schwerin, where he sang Cassio (Otello), the 1st Stranger (The Cousin from Nowhere), Bob Boles (Peter Grimes), the handsome Mr. Hermann (Hindemith’s “News of the Day”), Tony (West Side Story), as well as Freddy (My Fair Lady) and the four Servant roles in “Tales of Hoffmann”, among other roles. In his first season there he was awarded the “Conrad Ekhof Prize of the Association of Friends of Mecklenburg State Theatre Schwerin”, a prestigious award for young talent.

Education and first engagements

While still a student, he was hired in 2012 for two years as a member of the young ensemble at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen; during this time he took on roles in “The Land of Smiles”, “Albert Herring”, “Pique Dame”, “Der Rosenkavalier”, “Fiddler on the Roof” and “On the Town”. In student productions he was also cast as Remendado (Carmen), the Dancing Master (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Danilo (The Merry Widow). In the summer of 2013, Mr Koziorowski was also the first-prize winner at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg; at the opera festival there he sang the four Servant roles in “Tales of Hoffmann. Throughout his studies, he also cultivated a particularly close relationship to the Aalto-Musiktheater Essen. There Mr Koziorowski took the stage as a soloist in numerous children’s operas, singing for instance Tamino in a “Children’s Magic Flute”, the Prince in “Sleeping Beauty” and the Witch in an adapted version of Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel”. In addition, he played Ladas in “The Greek Passion” there and also worked in administration, as a theatre pedagogue and as head of the extras.

Other guest engagements in the recent past have taken the young tenor to the Theater Chemnitz, the Staatsoperette Dresden, the Landestheater Coburg and the Theater für Niedersachsen in Hildesheim. In addition, he has already performed as a guest at the Theater Hagen and the Theater Koblenz, as well as repeatedly at the Kiel Opera and several times at the Theater Lübeck.

Mr Koziorowski also works as a concert singer. He has already sung the tenor solo in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony multiple times, most recently with the Bochumer Symphoniker at the invitation of Steven Sloane. In addition, he has previously sung the Swan in Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise and Mahler’s Lied von der Erde. His concert activities have led him until now to the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Saalbau Essen, Berlin Cathedral, Tonhalle Düsseldorf and the Elbe Philharmonic Hall.

as of: September 2021

The next appearances

29. April 2024 19:30 - 21:00 / Wiener Abend - Lieder und Arien aus Werken von A. Schönberg, E. W. Korngold, F. Lehár, R. Strauss, G. Mahler und E. Kálmán
Oper Graz, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 10, 8010 Graz, Österreich

5. May 2024 15:00 - 17:45 / Venus in Seide (R. Stolz) - Der Fremde
Oper Graz, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 10, 8010 Graz, Österreich

16. May 2024 19:30 - 22:15 / Venus in Seide (R. Stolz) - Der Fremde
Oper Graz, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 10, 8010 Graz, Österreich

22. May 2024 19:30 - 22:30 / Venus in Seide (R. Stolz) - Der Fremde
Oper Graz, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 10, 8010 Graz, Österreich

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